Skiing in the Andes

Skiing in the Andes

August and September 1999

Valle Nevado
a chair lift at Valle Nevado

Carlos and Artie

Carlos and Artie on ski lift on a ski outing sponsored by a shipper of Oxy's caustic.

wide slopes

Margy and Artie
We both went skiing at Valle Nevado soon after Artie's reintroduction to skiing.

After over 30 years, it was an adventure to try it again.

We picked the most perfect day and went with Mónica and her son and daughter.
our group

moon over the mountains After we finished our day of skiing we noticed the nearly full moon rise over the mountains.

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset as we navigated the more than 49 hairpin curves on the way back to Santiago.

winter sunset

Margy bundled up It was a lot colder the next time we tried skiing. This was taken on the 3rd of September at El Colorado. We lasted through a one hour lesson and another 30 minutes (to get back down to the lodge) before heading back to Santiago. The weather brought back memories of winter in upstate New York, but not in early September!

I sat snug in Artie's 4x4 while he got out to take this picture as a snow squal approached. Brrr! In the background is the haze under which Santiago lies.

Artie's jeep braving the wind

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			We both went skiing at Valle Nevado soon after Artie's reintroduction to skiing. After over 30 years, it was an adventure to try it again.

		After we finished our day of skiing we noticed the nearly full moon rise over the mountains. We enjoyed a beautiful sunset as we navigated the more than 49 hairpin curves on the way back to Santiago.

			It was a lot colder the next time we tried skiing. This was taken on the 3rd of September at El Colorado. We lasted through a one hour lesson and another 30 minutes (to get back down to the lodge) before heading back to Santiago. The weather brought back memories of winter in upstate New York, but not in early September! I sat snug in Artie's 4x4 while he got out to take this picture as a snow squal approached. Brrr! In the background is the haze under which Santiago lies.